diff --git a/DRAMSys/library/src/configuration/Configuration.cpp b/DRAMSys/library/src/configuration/Configuration.cpp
index c88f8def..3f6739dd 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/library/src/configuration/Configuration.cpp
+++ b/DRAMSys/library/src/configuration/Configuration.cpp
@@ -299,25 +299,25 @@ void Configuration::loadMemSpec(Configuration &config, std::string memspecUri)
     json doc = parseJSON(memspecUri);
     json jMemSpec = doc["memspec"];
 
-    std::string stringMemoryType = jMemSpec["memoryType"];
+    std::string memoryType = jMemSpec["memoryType"];
 
-    if (stringMemoryType == "DDR3")
+    if (memoryType == "DDR3")
         memSpec = new MemSpecDDR3(jMemSpec);
-    else if (stringMemoryType == "DDR4")
+    else if (memoryType == "DDR4")
         memSpec = new MemSpecDDR4(jMemSpec);
-    else if (stringMemoryType == "LPDDR4")
+    else if (memoryType == "LPDDR4")
         memSpec = new MemSpecLPDDR4(jMemSpec);
-    else if (stringMemoryType == "WIDEIO_SDR")
+    else if (memoryType == "WIDEIO_SDR")
         memSpec = new MemSpecWideIO(jMemSpec);
-    else if (stringMemoryType == "WIDEIO2")
+    else if (memoryType == "WIDEIO2")
         memSpec = new MemSpecWideIO2(jMemSpec);
-    else if (stringMemoryType == "HBM2")
+    else if (memoryType == "HBM2")
         memSpec = new MemSpecHBM2(jMemSpec);
-    else if (stringMemoryType == "GDDR5")
+    else if (memoryType == "GDDR5")
         memSpec = new MemSpecGDDR5(jMemSpec);
-    else if (stringMemoryType == "GDDR5X")
+    else if (memoryType == "GDDR5X")
         memSpec = new MemSpecGDDR5X(jMemSpec);
-    else if (stringMemoryType == "GDDR6")
+    else if (memoryType == "GDDR6")
         memSpec = new MemSpecGDDR6(jMemSpec);
     else
         SC_REPORT_FATAL("Configuration", "Unsupported DRAM type");